Articles by Shari Barbanel
Ingredion Builds Virtual Idea Lab
Global ingredient solutions provider Ingredion Incorporated (Westchester, IL) has introduced a virtual lab called INSIDE IDEA LABS. The interactive online portal serves as an extension of the global network of Ingredion Idea Labs innovation centers. It is equipped with resources and content developed by the same experts who partner with customers at the company’s brick-and-mortar labs ...
Makers Nutrition Listed as One of Best Workplaces for 2018
New York-based Makers Nutrition has been named one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces for 2018, the publication’s third annual ranking in the fast-growing private company sector. The award is the result of a wide-ranging and comprehensive measurement of private American companies who have created exceptional workplaces through vibrant cultures, deep employee engagement, and stellar benefits. Out ...
Farm Bill Approved by House Allows SNAP Recipients to Purchase Supplements
The U.S. House of Representatives on June 21 approved a massive Republican Farm Bill with changes to the government food stamps program that make it unlikely to become law in this form, according to Reuters. The Senate is considering its own Farm Bill with no major changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) used ...
DuPont Microbiome Venture Adds 3rd Strategic Academic Partnership
Building upon the recently announced partnership with TFTAK in March 2018, the DuPont Nutrition & Health (Copenhagen, Denmark) Microbiome Venture continues to strengthen its capabilities in announcing the third strategic research and development partnership. The newly forged relationship with INRA (French National Institute for Agricultural Research), through both the Micalis Institute and MetaGenoPolis, a pre-industrial ...
AMCO Proteins Launches New Website
AMCO Proteins (Burlington, NJ) has announced the launch of its new website, featuring easy navigation, streamlined product search and sample requests at the click of a button. AMCO Proteins has been innovating and manufacturing dairy proteins, functional dairy proteins and hydrolysate ingredients for the food, beverage and nutrition industries for more than 60 years. With ...
New Website Gives NPA Members Access to Exclusive Benefits
A new website launched by the Natural Products Association (NPA) will offer new features and resources exclusively for members, including a warning letter database, searchable disease claims database, Pre-DSHEA (Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994) ODI (old dietary ingredient) list, Red-Flagged Ingredients database, and educational and regulatory resources. In addition, NPA is working on a searchable ...
IMCD to Acquire E.T. Horn Company
IMCD N.V. (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), a leading distributor of specialty chemicals and food ingredients, has announced that it signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the outstanding shares of E.T. Horn Company. According to IMCD, HORN is an excellent fit with IMCD’s U.S. activities and supports the strategy of offering to its suppliers and ...
NSF International Adds Next Generation DNA Sequencing to Food Safety, Supply Chain Services
NSF International, a global public health and safety organization, is expanding its commercially available DNA analysis services for food safety and supply chain management to include next generation sequencing (NGS) techniques once limited to research applications. NSF International’s NGS services include whole genome sequencing, shotgun metagenomics, 16s metagenomics and genomic barcoding. “These services were developed ...
NattoPharma Spearheading Vitamin K2 RDI Program
Global cardiovascular and bone health has been negatively impacted by widespread vitamin K2 deficiency. Yet there is no established RDI (recommended daily intake) for vitamin K2. To that end, as a leader in vitamin K2, NattoPharma has enlisted its research partners to start a program to establish an RDI for vitamin K2. The program will ...
Study Questions Importance of Supplements, Industry Responds
Nutritional supplement industry associations have responded to a new study led by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto, which suggests that the most commonly consumed vitamin and mineral supplements provide no consistent health benefit or harm, and says to rely on a “healthy” diet for vitamins and minerals. Published in the ...
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